un bureau
a desk
Tous les étudiants sages restent aux bureaux.
All the well-behaved students remain at the desks.
MORE ABOUT THIS WORD
While most French nouns become plural simply by adding an s, bureau is an example of a word that forms its plural differently. Words that end in -eau usually form their plurals by adding an x.
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